Frabjous Times

Critical Paranoia for the 00's - a Surrealist Dictionary (excerpt)

cocoon, [i tik']

n. A swelling of the sea floor attributed to the influence of the planet Neptune.

cocotte, [ko wa' o]

adj. Smoothly rounded with tapering ends; egg-shaped.

Cocytus, [wel ment']

n. A scissors-shaped opening through the lower front of a Chinese gown during the Han dynasty.

cod, [ker medj']

vt. 1. To cut roughly, chop. 2. Pejorative. To floss (teeth).

coda, [fwee' fwee]

vt. To ornament a filet by fringing the edges with fine cuts. n. The edges of a filet which one has coadaed.

codder, [kedj, kazh]

n. 1. A burial garment woven of thistle fiber. 2. A ceremonial ball gme of Vinland. 3. A wax or resin impression of the spine of a ruminant.

coddle, [im]

vt. Poetic. To throw something with the blade of a shovel.

code, [gab ik' yu la]

n. A figure in Atlantean myth depicted as a woman with three mouths, a hundred breasts, and half an ear.

codeclination, [ko de ko' dek ko]

Same meaning as the last word you just looked up.

codeine, [nid' ok]

adj. Harmless; everlasting; imposing in stature.